Prethodno priopćenje

https://doi.org/10.3326/pse.42.3.4

Why are older informal carers in better health? Solving a causality problem

Andrej Srakar orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-6275 ; Institute for Economic Research / University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mateja Nagode orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-5272 ; Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sažetak

Informal care is a widespread and important segment of long-term care, which is carried out independently of or in parallel with formal care, i.e. as a complement or replacement. Informal caregivers represent the backbone of long-term care, as has been witnessed by numerous international studies. In our article we focus on the relationship between the health status of the respondent and the decision to provide informal help to others as well as the intensity of the care. We show that this relationship is endogenous (reverse causality), using different measures of health and instrumental variables from Wave 5 and Wave 3 of SHARE Survey, and determine the causal effects of health on informal care, provided within and/or outside household. We also model the effect of various different covariates on informal caregiving. In conclusion we provide reflections on the research and discuss the policy relevance of the study.

Ključne riječi

informal care; caregivers; health; reverse causality; instrumental variables; SHARE

Hrčak ID:

204808

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/204808

Datum izdavanja:

3.9.2018.

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